climbing again
Classes and educational activities have been restarted in Cabois, providing a much needed sense of normalcy and community to the students, as well as a source of income for the teachers and their families. Right now, they’re taking place under tarps, but we have plans to build a permanent Community Learning Center in partnership with Haiti Partners. It’s designed for quick construction so that it can be completed before the hurricane season begins, and will provide transitional education facilities for 250 students. It will also provide a location for 50 people to shelter during hurricanes, as well as solar power and internet access. (more information)
We’re looking into a number of different secondary education options for Wenson George in the US. Wenson is very excited about the opportunity to finish his education. We’ve prepared an application statement and are approaching secondary schools who have worked with students from other troubled nations. The biggest impediment we see is obtaining a passport for Wenson, although an application with the Haitian government has been initiated.
Here is an interview by Kent Annan of Haiti Partners with Wenson and Gerald.
I’m also recovering well. I’m back at home in Arizona, attending my classes and catching up with the schoolwork I missed. I graduated from the bulky knee immobilizer I left Jackson Memorial with to a much slimmer “stump protector” yesterday and celebrated by going to my climbing gym for the first time. If I continue healing as well as I have been, I hope to be fitted with my first prosthetic leg in a few weeks.
I am eager to give to Christa’s Angels. I pray for Christa’s and Julian’s continued healing. I am so grateful to Christa’s rescuers. I keep the good people of Haiti in prayer. I hope that people around the world will continue to reach out and help the people of Haiti.
Bless you for having the courage to give back to those who helped and need help, while still in your time of hurt. Most people would be concentrating on themselves yet you are focused on others. This shows your true spirit is one of love & loyalty, and I think you should be praised alongside your heroes! Good luck!
You give me new faith in younger Americans, just when I thought the “me generation” had totally taken over in this country. Honor, duty and responsibility are not dead in America. Good luck…and thank you!
Your story is so touching and I am grateful to you for sharing it. You also showed such depth of compassion, gratitude, and efficiency in getting this website and the foundation up and running so quickly. I feel privileged to that you’ve provided the means for those of us touched by the story to donate so easily. Blessings to you and all those whose lives you help change.
What a fine thing to do. I don’t know you, but I do know your paternal grandparents and your mom and aunt Mary. It is not difficult to see their influence on you ~and that you are an extraordinary angel, yourself.
Dear Christa and Julian:
Thank you for the wonderful work you were doing in Haiti before the earthquake and your continued outreach to those in need. You inspired the Alaska Peace Center to host a fundraiser in Fairbanks, Alaska in February and we raised $1,000 to be shared between Christa’s Angels and Partners in Health – Stand With Haiti. We would be honored to have either or both of you as guests in Fairbanks to share your stories and inspiration. You may reach us at 907-374-2822 or info@alaskapeace.org.
These are my amazing grandchildren who inspire me with their courage and their caring. Haiti and the world are better for their having been there. I think the ripple effect will continue to spread their love and their caring in Haiti and many will benefit especially the children. God bless all who support this work.